Word: scenteth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ever heard before. And now doth she ask the young man if his years are many, for she guesseth that not yet hath he attained a half-score years and ten, and the young man is very sorrowful; but anon he taketh up courage, and he scenteth the battle like the war-horse, and he demandeth of the maiden whether she be yet free from the bonds of the school-mistress, and lo, the maiden is abashed, and the young man rejoiceth, and shouteth "Ha! ha!" and verily the day feels warmer, and he followeth up the attack with...
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